Biafra
\bja.fʁa\
The verdict
“Biafra” is an uncommon French word, ranked #71,286 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #71,286
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Région du sud-est du Nigeria.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Biafra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \bja.fʁa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Biafra” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Biafra is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bja.fʁa\. Corpus data places it at rank #71,286 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Biafra has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Biafra, spelled B-I-A-F-R-A.
Definition
- 1Région du sud-est du Nigeria.
- 2République du Biafra.
- 3Royaume d’existence incertaine de la côte orientale du golfe de Guinée, mentionné sur les cartes du XVIᵉ au XVIIIᵉ siècles, à l’est de l’embouchure du Cross, et au nord de l’embouchure de la Malimba, qui le sépare de la côte du Gabon.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Biafra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-I-A-F-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bja.fʁa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.